Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-31
o.witt Talmage Attempts to Open
Op wide Their Eyes to Their oppor-
tunity, Destiny and Safety.
r,,,o Co.'s Forth ia the Werld Pro-
"" ,idsd With the Charm Of Home
Is Comparatively Safe.
10. NAN whom ths Roaring Lion
10 shorld Meet with His HaRds
sruck IN als Pockets.
,,nrvyysE OF YOUNG MEN"

Il
~ naople, sitting and standing in the
sala tabernacle, and all the ad-
DI Dig rooms packed. ald people turned
JDl. Such Wes the scene to-day. The
.oogregstion sang:
sst,E,ke. ny soul, stretch every nerve,
And pryss with visor on"
rae Rev. T. Dewitt ialmsge, D. D
-a.cbei on the subject: "Defense Of
gonng Men," acd took his text from II
Tiogs, cnsp. vipv. II: "ADd the Lord
nnsTed the eyes of the young man." He
said: :, Nathan vouro
..SnI,oical student was scared by finding
sio.ef and Elisha, the prophet, upon
In, he waited, surrounded by whole
w., ~ enemies. But venerable Elisha
moi scared st all, bee ause he saw the
,.,,n+eins full OF defense for him, in
It.1iots made out of fire, wheels of
go dashboard of fire, and cushion of
s,o drawn by horses with nostrils of
s.o and mare of fire, and launches OF
A.. and boots Of fre-a eupernatural ap-
-.or,nce that could not be seen with the
Pp.,nrsl eve So the old minister prayed
that the Young minister might see them
Lao. ana the prayer was answered, and
.bo Iord opened the eyes Of the young
rn,n and he also saw the frey process
sion, looking somewhat, | suppose, like
t5a kdirondaCks or the AlIeghanies in this
sutumnsl resplendence.
Many young men, standing among the
rnost tremendous realities, have their
ewes half shus or entirely closed May
Cod grant that my sermon may open
wide your eyes 70 your safety, your
opportunity and your destiay.
4 mighty defense for q young man is
oood home. Some Of my hearers look
5gck with tender satisfaction to their
esrl7 home. I'Bnsy have been rude and
rustic, hidden among the hills, and arch
ifect OF upholsterer never planned or
adorned it. But au the fresco on princely
walls never looked so enticing to you rs
tnose hewn rsf.ers. You Can think OF no
mark or srbor of trees planted on fash
ionsole Country seAts SIS sttrective as the
Main brook that r6n IN front OF the Old
tsrm house and sang under the weeping
willows. NJ barred gste way, adorned
with statue of bronze, and swung opan
by obseeuious porter in full dress. has
hslf the glory Of the swing gate. May
Of you hsve s second dwelling place,
vour adopted home, that also IS sacr d
forever. There you built the Fl st family
altar. There your children were burn.
All those trees you planted. That room
is solemn, because once in 1t, over the
net pillow, tapped the wing Of death.
Under that roof you expect, when your
work is done, tC
You try with many words to tell the eX-
Cellency of the place, bat you fail. There
IS only one word IN the language that can
describe your meaUiag. II is home.
Now, declare it, that young man is
comparatively safe who goes out into the
world with charm ike this upon him.
The memory of parental sOlicitude,
watching, planning and praying, will De
to him shield and q shelter. l never
knew man faithful both to his early and
adopted home, who ct the same time was
given over to any gross form OF dissipa-
non or Wickedness He who seeks his
enjoyment entity from outside sssJcis-
ton, rather than from the more quiet and
unpreJeDding pleasures OF when l have
spoken, may be suspected to be Oh the
broad road to ruin. AOsalom despised
his father's house, and you know his MIS-
tory of sin and his death OF shame. II
you seem unnecessarily isolated from your
Kindred and former associates, Is tnere
rot some room that you csn call your
own? Into it GATHER books, and pictures
and harp. Have s portrait over the
man Ell. Make uDgCdly mirth stand back
from the threshold. ConseCrate some
ruiT Nhn k--n1 - va
memory Of other daYs, a fathers counsel,
aad mothers love, and sisters conn
dence, call it home.
Another defense for young man Is in
dQsTious habits. Many young men, II
starting upon life n this age, expect to
make their way through the world by the
Use Of their wits rather than the toll OF
laeir hands. A child now goes 10 the
city Snd fails twice before he IS as old IS
hlSfsther was when he Erst saw the spires
OF the great town. Sittir z in some Office
rented st thousand dollars year, he II
waiting for the bank to declare its divi-
uend, or goes into the market expecting
before night to be made rich by the rush
Ing up Of the stocks But luck seemed
so dull ne resolved on some other tack
Ferhsps he borrowed from his employer.
money drawer, and forgets to put it back
VI tor merely the purpose OF improving
his penmanship makes & co9y-plate OF :
merchant's signature. Never mind, all Ii
Hght IN trade. In some dark nigGt ther'
may come in his Dreams vision OF Black
WellS Island, or f Sing Sing, but it sooI
'AnlShes. In 8 short time he Will b.
IeAoy to retire from the busy WORLD, ant
AMID his fGcks and nerd culture the do
meStc virtues. Then those young mel
VINO once were his schoolmates, anC
anew no better thsn to engage In homes
hofk, will come with their Orleans tC
UaE him logs, and with their hard hand:
.e!p heave up his castle. This is nj
lancy picture. 1t is everyday life.
should not wonder If there were SON
Eetten beams in that beautiful paIace.
SHOULD not wonder if dire s.cknesses shout
suite through the young man
VI If God should pour int
us cup CT life a draught that woult
Iflll him with unbearaoIe sgony.
SHOULD not wonder il his children shoul(
Secome to him living curse, making ali
hume pest and disgrace. SHOULD
nOt wonder II ne goes to q miserabl
save, and beyond it into the gnashiIg o
esn; The way of the ungodly shal
ny young friends, there is no way t.
sslulne success except through toll, eithe
" me head or hand. At the battle o
Icy, In l346, the Prince OF Wales, ind